A/N: Thank you everyone for your reviews and everything. This is the last chapter, and I want to apoligize for it being so crap. It's been far too nice weather to write the past week.

Friday Morning

"I don't want to be an intern anymore" Zach declared suddenly.

The blond haired boy spun round from facing the Director's secretary's office, only to be caught with his dad's strong left arm.

"I'll come in with you. It'll be fine" Gibbs reassured him, before taking the lead and walking straight through the secretary's office without a second glance at her, and barged through Vance's doors. He had never knocked before, and he would be dammed if he was going to start now.

The secretary looked like she was about to protest, but she looked up and saw it was Gibbs and shook her head as if saying 'Him again' and went back to her paperwork.

Zach followed him through, finding himself being gently pushed forward towards Vance's desk, where the dark skinned man sat. Vance looked up from his paper work, glancing at Gibbs once before keeping his eyes on the teenager, all ready having an idea of what he had to say.

"Hey…" He smiled awkwardly, remembering what he rehearsed in his head "I just came to tell you that I'm sorry for being cheeky to you. I was showing off, and that's not very good of me"

"Don't worry about it, I bet your dad dealt with you" Vance gave him a friendly smile, trying to make him relax a bit. He knew there was more he had to say, because he had already talked to Gibbs earlier when Zach had gone down to see Ducky and Jimmy to apologize to them both.

He nodded quickly, trying to resist the urge to rub his backside through his jeans "That's a bet that would have made you rich sir."

Vance chuckled at that. "Where's the sir come from? I'm your friend's father, not your boss, it's just Leon."

"Yeah, that's the thing… I kinda want you to be my boss. I wanted to know if I could intern on my dad's team. I swear I will not screw around or anything. And I won't be cheeky anymore." He asked his heart in his throat about what the answer would be. He wanted to do this so much; he knew he would be devastated if Vance said no.

"That's fine by me Zach…"

"Yes! Thank you so much! I won't let you down I promise" Zach interrupted him excitedly, all his nerves gone now he had been accepted.

"Let me finish." Leon smiled at him "I was going to say that you'd make a great agent from what I heard. But, and this is where I want you to listen closely, I do not usually allow interns so young, I'm only allowing you because you've proved yourself that you are capable of it. This agency is not a play ground, you mess around here, and you'll have me to answer to. I won't care about who your father is."

"Yes sir." Zach nodded as seriously as he could muster while a big grin was on his face.

"Good. I'm giving you a chance here, I don't want you to make me regret it" The Director knew that the teenager could one day become a great agent, just like his father. He didn't want him to ruin his chances because he was goofing around in his teenage years.

"I won't do. Thank you so much"

Gibbs gentle hand came down on his shoulder, and Zach looked up at him. "Zach, go and wait in the bullpen for me."

The blond nodded, giving a smile towards both the men before nearly running out of the office to tell his uncle the good news.

"What made you change your mind about letting Zach be an intern?" Leon questioned.

"I never said he couldn't be" The silver-haired man shrugged.

"I know you Jethro. You don't even like your son thinking about guns and dead bodies, now you are teaching him how to be an agent." Leon wasn't stupid, he knew how over-protective Gibbs was, there must have been something to change his mind.

"He has a real talent for it, and it's what he wants to do. The more I stop him from trying to do it, the further I'll push him away from me and I don't want that." Gibbs wondered why he was being so open "I don't want to become my dad. He made sure I didn't touch his Winchester rifle, which only made me want it more. And I ended up being a Sniper"

Gibbs was terrified of the thought of his son leaving him like he did to his own father. He knew there were a lot of other factors going on with the relationship between him and his dad, but he wouldn't do anything if it meant risking the strong bond he and Zach had.

"He's a good kid. And with you and your agents training him, he will make a fine agent one day." Vance complemented.

Jayden took a deep breath, looking at the plague on the door in front of him that read 'Principle L Jones' and knocked on the wood.

He had been thinking about this ever since he let Zach take the fall, and he knew that both teenagers thought Zach was doing the right thing and it seemed his parents and grandfather did too, even if they all told him it was very wrong that he lied, but Jayden couldn't shake the guilt he felt at it, and he knew this was the only way.

"Come in" A voice called, and the twelve-year-old closed his eyes trying to gather his courage, before pushing into the office.

"Oh, Hello Jayden, what brings you here today?" Principle Jones gave him a friendly smile. He was after all one of his star pupils.

Jayden said something so fast that it wasn't even intelligible. The man simply blinked and asked the boy if he could repeat that.

"I said, that it wasn't Zach who changed the registers, it was me" He swallowed, biting his bottom lip nervously.

The principle sighed, motioned with his arm that Jayden should take a seat. "I didn't think it was Zach anyway, but I'm glad that you've come forward Jayden. It's a hard thing to tell someone you did something wrong, it takes a lot of courage."

The brunet simply nodded, and waited to hear his fate. His parents already knew, so it wasn't like he could get into anymore trouble there, it was only the school he was concerned about.

"Well, since Zach's already been suspended for this, I've got no choice but to suspend you for three days too Jayden. I'll ring up your parents now"

"Hey! Uncle Tim! Guess what… where are you going?" Zach came bounding down the stairs, running full speed into the bullpen, but frowning slightly in wonder when his uncle was putting on his coat and holstering his weapon.

"To pick up Jayden, he confessed for you so you are off the hook with the school now." Tim gave him a smile and Zach guessed that that news was supposed to make him happy.

It didn't though; it made him angry with his cousin "What the hell did he do that for? Is he stupid? I told him I was fine with it, it's not like its going to affect me"

"No, he's not stupid; he's doing the right thing." Tim told his nephew "And it will affect you. When you are applying for collage, you'll be glad Jayden didn't let you take the blame, believe me"

"Whatever" Zach rolled his eyes, not quite believing him. He was annoyed with his cousin for telling, it was pointless he had already took the suspension and now his cousin would have too. Jayden was like his younger brother, he only wanted to protect him, so having him push that protection away felt like a slap to the face.

"Zach, I know what your thinking and Jayden just wants to protect you just as much as you do him. He doesn't want to hurt you, he's just doing the right thing" The agent gave him a pat on the shoulder; he knew what it was like to be the big brother after all.

"Yeah, I know…" The blond sighed. "Tell him I said hi"

Saturday Night

Gibbs gently placed the blanket over his son sleeping on the sofa, leaning down to kiss his forehead. He would have carried him up to bed if he had two arms, or at least helped him up the stairs. But after the week of trouble he had had with the boy, it was nice to see him looking so sweet and innocent.

He rose to his feet, cricking his neck, when a frame on the mantle piece that he had never seen before caught his eye. He made his way over, smiling when he saw the picture of him and his son sleeping in the hospital bed.

"Dad…" Gibbs shook his head, still smiling, wondering who else his forensic scientist had sent that picture too. Not that he minded, he just hoped Dinozzo didn't get his hands on one, or Fornell for that matter. Tony he could deal with a glare, but Tobias would annoy the heck out of him.

"I see you tuckered the lad out." Jack's voice came behind him, and Gibbs whirled around. Not that he would admit to it, but Jack still had the skills to sneak up on him. He was possibly the only person alive that could.

"He tired himself out, going on about the internship." Gibbs shrugged with one shoulder, moving to sit at the kitchen table while his dad went and poured them a cup of tea each.

"I guess he'll tell me when I see him next" The elderly man was sure his grandson would tell him very enthusiastically about it. "And I meant with your Marine exercises."

Gibbs knew he had meant that. "He didn't even have to do them, I let him off because Sarah and Jayden took the full blame, and I already punished him. But, you know Zach, he wasn't about to let his girlfriend and cousin job through mud while he watched."

The girl and pre-teen had told Gibbs everything about Zach when the teenager had gone to the toilet before they started. They knew he would stop them and rile up his dad if he was there when they told about how he was trying to protect them all week. They both wanted Zach's punishment to be lifted, so Gibbs had done that. But Zach had refused, claiming he was to be blamed to, so he didn't have to leave the other two on their own.

Jack smiled, a twinkle in his eyes as he looked over to the teenager. "He's a good boy, reminds me…"

"So much of me, I know, you've said so many times" Gibbs smirked.

"I know where Zach gets being a cocky brat from, that's for sure" He joked.

The silver haired man rolled his eyes. "Oh yea, what was it that grandpa used to say to me? You're exactly like Jackson, Leroy. Really, he gets it from you"

"Hey! At least I don't go around encouraging him to wind you up like your grandfather did to me." It had been a long long time since the two of them had bantered like this, and Jack loved it.

Gibbs laughed "Zach doesn't need encouraging, I could lock him in an empty room and he could find trouble"

Jack laughed with him. "That's true. He sure is a trouble magnet that boy."